DIVISION 6. SIGNS, BILLBOARDS AND AWNINGS

 

Sec. 12.6.1      Display of room or apartment rates prohibited.

 

(a)        For the purposes of this section, a tourist court, lodging house, room­ing house, apartment house, motel or hotel is hereby defined as any building or buildings, connected or separated which are used for housing purposes in which there are more than three or more beds for the use of occupants, lodgers, roomers, or boarders or in which more than six (6) in such tourist court, lodging house, rooming house, apartment house, motel or hotel are allowed sleep.

 

(b)        It shall be unlawful to erect, install, display, paint or place outside of or on the exterior of any structure defined in subsection (a) any signboard, billboard, banner or any other means of advertising, whether painted, electrical, neon or otherwise, on which the rates are dis­played.

 

(c)        It shall be unlawful to paint or stencil on the exterior side of any structure defined in subsection (a) any price, figure or word designat­ing the rental, price or cost of any room or apartment.

 

(d)        Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) or imprisonment not to exceed sixty (60) days, or both such fine and imprisonment.  (Ord. No. 170, § 1, 06-01-1992)

 

Sec. 12.6.2      Permit for installation required; occupational license a prereq­uisite.[1]

 

No permit for erection, construction, installation or maintenance of any sign or awning shall be issued unless such persons applying for permit shall first have an occupational license to engage in such business.

 

Before any person begins the construction or erection of any sign within the town, he shall secure a permit from the town inspector to do such work.

 

Sec. 12.6.3      Restrictions on temporary real estate signs.

 

No temporary real estate sign shall be permitted except those erected by property owners, or the owner’s agent, and such signs shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(a)        Not more than one sign shall be erected for each property.

 

(b)        The size of each sign shall be limited to an area of not more than two hundred sixteen (216) square inches (12” x 18”) per side, although signs may be constructed to permit lettering on both front and rear.

 

(c)        Wording on such sign shall be limited to the phrases: “for sale by own­er”, “for rent by owner”, “for lease by owner”; or “for sale by owner’s agent”, “for rent by owner’s agent”, “for lease by owner’s agent”; and may carry the telephone number of the owner or owner’s agent, or the phrase “inquire within”, or “see your broker”.

 

(d)        The color scheme of such sign shall be black lettering on a white back­ground.  (Ord. No. 170, § 2, 06-01-1992)

 

Sec. 12.6.4      Exceptions on Temporary Real Estate Signs.

 

The following exceptions are permitted in Multi-Family Residential Zoning Districts (i.e., RM-16, RM-30, RPC, PRC and CF).

 

(a)        Resales of multi-family units shall be permitted a maximum of one (1) sign per unit or one (1) sign per agent, whichever is less.

 

(b)        New construction, until the developer has sold one hundred percent (100%) of the available units, will be allowed one sign having no more than twelve (12) square feet in area.  (Ord. No. 170, § 3, 06-01-1992)

 

Sec. 12.6.5      Temporary builder’s and promotional signs; permission required.

 

Permission for the erection of temporary builder’s signs or promotional signs shall be issued by the commission upon due application, and the decision shall rest solely in the discretion of the commission.

 

Sec. 12.6.6      Neon prohibited.

 

No neon signs shall be allowed within the town.

 

Sec. 12.6.7      Restrictions on location.

 

No signs shall be permitted to be erected within thirty (30) feet of the center line of Highway A1A.

 

Signs tacked, nailed or in any way attached to any trees or any other object will be prohibited as well as any movable sign not secured or attached to the ground.

 

Sec. 12.6.8      Locational criteria; Other Districts

 

In Other Districts (i.e., RM-16, RM-30, RPC, PRC and CF), signs erected flat against the face of or not more than eighteen (18) inches from the base of the outside wall of any building or parts thereof, or on the roof of any building, are permitted, provided that any sign not painted on the buildings shall be of wood or metal, lights, characters of figures not more than twenty-four (24) inches on height.

 

Signs may be erected on a pole or other independent support other than a building, but shall not exceed fifteen (15) square feet and shall not be erected closer than thirty (30) feet from the center line of Highway A1A. No pole sign shall extend higher than twenty (20) feet above the surface of the ground.

 

In Other Districts (i.e., RM-16, RM-30, RPC, PRC and CF), not more than two (2) signs shall be permitted on any property, except where application has been made to the commission and special permission is granted for the erection of more than two (2) signs; decision shall rest solely in the discretion of the commission.

 

Sec. 12.6.9      General regulations.

 

Signs erected or maintained in the town under the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to the following regulations:

 

(a)        The sign shall not create a traffic or fire hazard or be dangerous to the general welfare or interfere with the free use of a highway.

 

(b)        All signs must be kept in good condition, neat appearing and in good state of repair.

 

(c)        All signs attached to or to be placed on any building or any pole or other structure shall be constructed and erected to withstand a wind pressure of at least thirty-five (35) pounds per square feet of surface of such sign to be affected by wind pressure, and all signs attached to or placed on any building shall be thoroughly secured thereto by noncor­rosive sign hooks.

 

(d)        All electric signs shall be constructed of incombustible material and the metal used in the construction of sign boxes shall be not less than No. 28 U.S. sheet metal gauge (.0156 inch). It shall be galvanized, treated with at least three (3) coats of anticorrosive paint, or other­wise suitable protection from corrosion. All electric wiring and appli­ances shall conform with the requirements of town ordinances and shall be installed by an electrician licensed in the town.

 

Sec. 12.6.10    Flags, pennants, banners prohibited.

 

No flags, pennants, banners, streamers or any other type of laying promotional advertising signs will be allowed within the limits of the town.

 

Sec. 12.6.11    Construction signs.

 

No temporary contractors’ or subcontractor’ signs shall be permitted, except one erected by the building contractor for location identification only during the construction period.

 

Sec. 12.6.12    Nonconformance; removal required.

 

All nonconforming signs in the town shall be removed at the expense of the owner or lessee of the real estate on which signs are located, or at the ex­pense of the owner of such signs. The town reserves the right to remove any such sign of the owner thereof fails to comply thirty (30) days after the owner has been notified by the clerk.


[1] Cross references – Building and building regulations, Ch. 4; house trailer, Ch. 7, Art. II; zoning, Ch. 12.